asphyxyn.
/asˈfɪksi/ = asphyxia n.
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the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking
strangulation1542
stifling1548
suffocation1567
throttling1599
throttle1622
asphyxia1778
asphyxy1784
smotheration1826
asphyxiation1866
asphyxiating1872
melanaema1892
1784 (title) Gardane's Catechism concerning the apparent Deaths, called Asphyxies [transl. from Fr.].
1837 T. L. Beddoes Let. 15 May in Wks. (1935) 667 About to awake from her asphyxy of a hundred years.
1882 G. MacDonald Weighed & Wanting II. xv. 192 His letters..absorbed her atmosphere, and after each followed a period of mental asphyxy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
asphyxyv.
To asphyxiate. (Chiefly in past participle.)
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by smothering or suffocation
smorec725
athrysmc885
stranglea1300
overliea1382
forliea1400
to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400
overlayc1425
querken1440
smoulder1481
suffoke1490
stiflea1535
smoor1535
smother1548
suffocate1599
asphyxiate1835
asphyxy1843
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. vi. 44 If said soul be asphyxied.
1881 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air App. 334 Asphyxied by the defect of oxygen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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